Farm info

Manoel Airton dos Reis is a second generation coffee producer in the city of Heliodora, Minas Gerais, Brazil. His parents began producing coffee in 1975 at Sítio Santo Antônio, and since then it has grown into the family business. Manoel operates the farm now with his brother, José Enésio, acting as his partner. The brothers grew up learning all of the processes on the farm from their parents. Coffee is the largest source of income for the property, and Manoel and his brother continue investing in greater production and high quality crops.

This lot of Yellow Bourbon coffee underwent Natural processing. Yellow Bourbon was discovered in 1930 on a Red Bourbon farm in Pederneiras, São Paulo, Brazil. It’s unclear if Yellow Bourbon developed as a natural mutation of Red Bourbon, or if it was a naturally occurring cross between Red Bourbon and Yellow Botucatu, a mutation of Typica discovered in 1871 in Botucatu, São Paulo. Yellow Bourbon is known for good cup quality and relatively high productivity, and has come back into fashion as a cultivated variety across Brazil after its initial novelty wore off in the mid 1900’s. Instituto Agronomico (IAC) of Sao Paulo State in Campinas, Brazil renewed research efforts of the variety in 2005, seeking to highlight the plant’s robust nature and high cup potential.